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KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[March 6, 1885. 



(Bur Cfiessf Column* 



By Mephisto. 



USEFUL EXD GAMES. 

 Black. 



Whitb. 



White to play and mate in five moves. 



Black. Black 



White to play and win. 



1. K to Kt6 



2. K to B5 (ch) 



K to Kt7 

 KtoBS 



If Black persists in playing 

 K to R8, White plays 3. K to 

 Kt4, K to Kt7. 4. K toBl(L-h), 

 K to E8. 5. K to Kt6, K to KtS. 

 6. Q to R sq. mate. 



Or, if Black plays 2. K to B7, 

 3. Q to KKt2 (ch), as move 4 in 

 the following variation : — 



3. Q to R sq. (ch) K to Kt7 



4. Q to Kt2 (eh) K to KtS 



If K to KtG, 5. Q to Kt7 wins. 



Whiik. 

 White can only draw. 



1. Q to B6 (ch) K to Kt7 



2. Q to Kt5 (ch) K to B7 



3. Q to R4 (ch) K to Kr7 



4. Q, to Kt4 (ch) K to B7 



5. Q to R3 K to KtS 

 G. Q to Kt3 (ch) K to RS 



and the game is drawn, as, on 

 account of Black being either 

 st.ilemated or advancing bis P, 

 White cannot do anything but 

 give check with the Queen. 



As will be seen in the 

 annexed position, White avoids 

 the threatened stalemate posi- 

 tion against a R's P if the K 

 is sufficiently near, no matter 

 where, as in the following posi- 

 tion : — 



7.m S 



m w/i 





WlLllE 



5. K to B t : 



€. K to KtS and 



White must win. 



P to RS (Q) ' 1 



White. 

 Q to B2 (ch) K to KtS 



K to K3 K to RS 



i 3. K to B3 and wins. 



The New Orleans Chess, Checkers, and Whist Club have issued a 

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 Southern people generally do things impulsively ; we are, however, 

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SOLUTION. 



Peoblem No. 148, by 



1. Kt to BG K X Kt, or 



2. B to B5 K X Kt 



3. B to Q4 (ch) Mate 



2. if K to B5 



3. B to Q6 (ch) Mate 



1G2. 



E. Cakter, 



1. K to BG 



2. P toKt4! Kto Q.5 



3. B to Kt2 (ch) Mate 



Solution of Problem No. 149 received from W., J. H. Ilodd, 

 Ravenhoe, and Donna. 



END GAME FROM ACTUAL PLAT. 

 Black. 





Whitb. 



Black proceeded with- 



B to KtS 

 PxKt 

 Q to K3 

 KR to B sq. 

 K to Kt sq. 

 Q toQS 

 Q to Kt sq. 



P to Kt4 

 QKtxP! 

 KtxP 

 Q to R4 

 B to Kt2 (ch) 

 QR to K sq. 

 E to B6 ! 

 K to K7 ! 



A very fine move, and part of an elegant combination. If White 

 plays R X R, then Kt x R (ch), K to K sq., K x Kt (ch), and mate 

 soon follows. 



Q to Q sq. R X B (ch) ! 



P X R Q to RS (ch) ! 



Kt X Q R to Kt7 mate 



The conception of the position, beginning with P to Kt4, is of the 

 highest order. 



OONTKNTS OP No. 174. 



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